Method of monitoring a control channel, and wireless device using same

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of monitoring a control channel and a wireless device using same in a multiple antenna system in which a plurality of layers are defined. The wireless device monitors a first downlink control channel in a first search space which is mapped to a first layer, and a second downlink control channel in a second search space which is mapped to a second layer. The first layer of the plurality of layers is the lowest layer.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method of monitoring a control channel in a multi-antenna system in which a plurality of layers are defined, the method comprising:
 monitoring, by a single wireless device, a first enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) in a first search space; and 
 monitoring, by the single wireless device, a second EPDCCH in a second search space, 
 wherein if the first search space includes one enhanced control channel element (ECCE) according to an aggregation level 1, then the one ECCE of the first EPDCCH in the first search space is mapped with a first layer using a first code word, 
 wherein if the second search space includes two ECCEs including a first ECCE and a second ECCE according to an aggregation level 2, then the first ECCE of the second EPDCCH in the second search space is mapped with the first layer using a second code word and the second ECCE of the second EPDCCH in the second search space is mapped with a second layer using the second code word, 
 wherein the first EPDCCH in the first search space using the aggregation level 1 is modulated with a higher modulation order than the second EPDCCH in the second search space using the aggregation level 2, and 
 wherein the first layer is a lowest layer among the plurality of layers. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the second layer is a layer next to the first layer. 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first EPDCCH and the second EPDCCH carry different downlink control information (DCI) formats. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving a first demodulation reference signal (DM RS) associated with the first EPDCCH in the first search space; and 
 receiving a second DM RS associated with the second EPDCCH in the second search space. 
 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 4 , wherein the first DM RS is applied with a same precoding as the first search space, and the second DM RS is applied with a same precoding as the second search space. 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first and second search spaces are monitored in a same subframe. 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 6 , further comprising:
 receiving, from a base station, information on a subframe where the first and second search spaces are to be monitored. 
 
     
     
       8. A single wireless device configured to monitor a control channel in a multi-antenna system in which a plurality of layers are defined, the single wireless device comprising:
 a radio frequency (RF) unit configured to transmit and receive a radio signal; and 
 a processor operatively connected with the RF unit and configured to:
 monitor a first downlink control channel in a first search space; and 
 monitor a second downlink control channel in a second search space, 
 wherein if the first search space includes one enhanced control channel element (ECCE) according to an aggregation level 1, then the one ECCE of the first EPDCCH in the first search space is mapped with a first layer using a first code word, 
 wherein if the second search space includes two ECCEs including a first ECCE and a second ECCE according to an aggregation level 2, then the first ECCE of the second EPDCCH in the second search space is mapped with the first layer using a second code word and the second ECCE of the second EPDCCH in the second search space is mapped with a second layer using the second code word, 
 wherein the first EPDCCH in the first search space using the aggregation level 1 is modulated with a higher modulation order than the second EPDCCH in the second search space using the aggregation level 2, and 
 
 wherein the first layer is a lowest layer among the plurality of layers. 
 
     
     
       9. The single wireless device of  claim 8 , wherein the second layer is a layer next to the first layer. 
     
     
       10. The single wireless device of  claim 8 , wherein the first EPDCCH and the second EPDCCH carry different downlink control information (DCI) formats. 
     
     
       11. The single wireless device of  claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 receive a first demodulation reference signal (DM RS) associated with the first EPDCCH in the first search space; and 
 receive a second DM RS associated with the second EPDCCH in the second search space. 
 
     
     
       12. The single wireless device of  claim 11 , wherein the first DM RS is applied with a same precoding as the first search space, and the second DM RS is applied with a same precoding as the second search space. 
     
     
       13. The single wireless device of  claim 8 , wherein the first and second search spaces are monitored in a same subframe. 
     
     
       14. The single wireless device of  claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive, from a base station, information on a subframe where the first and second search spaces are to be monitored.